Employment Development Department

Labor Market Information

Table 4
Number of Businesses, Number of Employees, and Third Quarter Payroll by Size Category (Private Industry)
Classified by Standard Industrial Classification Division
Third Quarter, 2000

NOTE: These data may extend to the right. Print using landscape and 8.5 by 11 inch paper.

Size Categories

Industry

Total

0 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 19

20 to 49

50 to 99

100 to 249

250 to 499

500 to 999

1000 +

TOTAL

No. of Businesses

28,205

18,877

3,604

2,551

1,997

659

354

105

36

22

AGRICULTURE

No. of Businesses

3,813

2,086

593

430

349

176

100

46

20

13

No. of Employees

100,523

2,584

3,940

5,852

10,536

12,226

14,940

16,165

12,901

21,379

Payroll (in thousands)

$325,027

$18,711

$18,079

$21,910

$41,960

$42,456

$52,009

$50,995

$32,057

$46,850

MINING

No. of Businesses

19

7

3

2

4

3

0

0

0

0

No. of Employees

420

16

[2]

[1]

120

229

0

0

0

0

Payroll (in thousands)

$3,621

$92

[2]

[1]

$1,009

$1,919

$0

$0

$0

$0

CONSTRUCTION

No. of Businesses

1,719

907

330

228

194

48

12

0

0

0

No. of Employees

17,453

1,431

2,206

3,078

5,819

3,216

1,703

0

0

0

Payroll (in thousands)

$131,697

$7,869

$14,357

$21,347

$48,540

$24,463

$15,121

$0

$0

$0

MANUFACTURING

No. of Businesses

792

259

131

120

146

57

56

16

4

3

No. of Employees

33,819

450

874

1,589

4,564

3,865

8,981

5,596

3,130

4,770

Payroll (in thousands)

$257,139

$3,108

$5,742

$11,280

$33,620

$27,557

$79,330

$44,905

$27,018

$24,579

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

No. of Businesses

794

406

119

107

98

37

18

6

2

1

No. of Employees

14,507

652

784

1,452

2,853

2,276

2,399

1,950

[1]

[1]

Payroll (in thousands)

$129,463

$4,840

$5,311

$10,106

$22,615

$17,281

$20,386

$21,404

[1]

[1]

WHOLESALE TRADE

No. of Businesses

1,106

478

246

190

138

34

14

5

1

0

No. of Employees

15,678

905

1,685

2,642

4,075

2,337

1,819

[2]

[1]

0

Payroll (in thousands)

$140,535

$11,576

$14,885

$23,458

$39,276

$19,639

$16,259

[2]

[1]

$0

RETAIL TRADE

No. of Businesses

3,838

1,622

800

645

554

139

65

12

1

0

No. of Employees

56,443

2,929

5,472

8,773

16,538

9,227

9,066

[2]

[1]

0

Payroll (in thousands)

$243,600

$12,644

$21,048

$32,856

$65,903

$45,212

$46,273

[2]

[1]

$0

FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE

No. of Businesses

1,550

1,000

265

138

103

31

6

5

2

0

No. of Employees

14,418

1,713

1,780

1,799

3,046

2,160

809

[2]

[1]

0

Payroll (in thousands)

$124,740

$11,559

$13,290

$15,463

$27,625

$26,614

$4,589

[2]

[1]

$0

SERVICES

No. of Businesses

14,574

12,112

1,117

691

411

134

83

15

6

5

No. of Employees

81,099

12,005

7,326

9,407

12,212

9,307

12,329

5,188

4,017

9,308

Payroll (in thousands)

$507,389

$57,028

$49,074

$62,503

$78,209

$56,266

$64,778

$20,674

$34,210

$84,647

[1] Data are confidential because there are fewer than three businesses in this category, or one employer makes up 80 percent of the employment within the cell.
[2] Data are suppressed because confidential data could be extrapolated if those totals were included.